Monitoring the immune status of cetaceans is important for a variety of health conditions.
Assays to quantify cytokines, especially pro-inflammatory cytokines, could be employed, in …

There are extensive immunological reagents available for laboratory rodents and humans.
However, for veterinary species there is a need for expansion of immunological toolkits, with …

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are toplevel marine predators and represent a
sentinel species for ocean health. The study of cytokines and immunocellular function are …

We describe optimization of a peripheral blood mononuclear leukocyte proliferation assay
and development of an interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) expression assay for bottlenose …

Both veterinarians caring for dolphins in managed populations and researchers monitoring
wild populations use blood-based diagnostics to monitor bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops …

Most components of the immune system demonstrate amino acid and nucleotide sequence
homology among higher vertebrates. Cytokines, regulatory cell signalling proteins, have …

Stranded bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, exhibit infections suggestive of immune
dysfunction. Concurrent high levels of immunotoxic pollutants indicate that one possible …

Serum immunoglobulin levels can be used as markers for immune status. However, tools to
evaluate immune function and status of cetaceans under veterinary care have been limited …

Opportunities to include Cetancodontamorpha in the study of the evolution of the immune
system in the clades of Artiodactylamorpha, Ruminantiamorpha, Suinamorpha, and …

Background Studies suggest that free-ranging bottlenose dolphins exhibit a suppressed
immune system because of exposure to contaminants or microorganisms. However, due to a …